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Iftila’i: Gini Ya Sake Rufta Wa Mutane A Ibadan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 16, 2019
Anaci gaba da aikin ceto jama’a a wajen da wani bene mai hawa uku ya rushe a garinIbadan babban birnin jihar Oyo.
Lamarinya faru ne kusan kwana hudu bayan wani ginin mai hawa uku shi ma ya ruguje ajihar Lagos, wanda ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mutane akalla 20.
Lamarinya faru ne da misalin karfe shida na yammacin ranar Juma’a a Unguwar Sogoye dake Molete a Ibadan.
Zuwayanzu dai ba a iya sanin yawan mutanen da hadarin ya rutsa da su ba.
Ammada farko mai magana da yawun gwamnatin jihar ta Oyo, Toye Arulogun, ya ce sunatafiyar da komai yadda ya kamata ba tare da wata matsala ba.
Gidanmai hawa uku wanda ake kan aikin ginin shi ya rufta ne inda ya jikkata mutaneda dama wasu kuma buraguzai suka birne su.


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Iftila’in Legas: Buhari Ya Mika Sakon Jaje - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 16, 2019
Shugabankasa Muhammadu Buhari, ya jajantawa iyalan wadanda aka rasa rayukan su asanadiyyar ruftawar wani bene a jihar Legas.
Dalibaine dai da dama suka mutu, yayin da ginin ya rufto a kansu.
ShugabaBuhari, ya yi fatar Allah ya kara wa iyalan wadanda aka rasa a iftila’in, saiya tabbatar da aniyar su ta daukar mataki.

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IG Orders Activation Of Inter-Agency Election Security Committees Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 28, 2022
The Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement in Abuja.
Baba said the order was to engage stakeholders in evolving strategies to mitigate threats to the 2023 General Elections.
He said the political violence, hate speech, threats, political intolerance, misinformation and political extremism were potential threats to democracy and national security.
The IG, therefore, directed the CPs to work in synergy with all members of the committee to address threats of political violence and ensure swift prosecution of violators of extant electoral laws.
He also enjoined the CPs to ensure adequate and strategic deployment of officers and assets, as well as coordinate and supervise officers from all security agencies deployed for election duties.

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Ighalo Makes ‘U-Turn’ On Eagles Retirement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 2, 2019
OdionIghalo has said that he could be back playing for the Super Eagles just weeksafter announcing his retirement from international football.
Thestriker shocked Nigerians when he announced his retirement from the nationalteam following the Super Eagles’ win over Tunisia in the third-place match atthe 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Ighalothen took to his social media pages to confirm Rohr’s comments, saying he isdone with the Super Eagles.
Afterdefeating the Carthage Eagles, Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr said that theformer Watford man has retired from the national team.
However,following his announcement, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick said he had spoken tohim to reverse his decision.  But Ighalo explainedhe has not taken a decision yet as that time, saying he would need to consulthis family before deciding.

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IGP Inaugurates SPU Base 27 In Akwa Ibom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 20, 2022
The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Usman, inaugurated Special Inspection Unit Base 27, at Awa-Iman in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
While inaugurating the project, Usman said the project was initiated and wholly executed by Akwa Ibom Government.
He thanked President Muhammad Buhari for taking care of the needs of the police and providing exceptional leadership which had been galvanizing state governors and other stakeholders in supporting the Federal Government in taking care of the police.
He said that the support had helped to bridge logistics gaps that had been impacting on operational efficiency of the police.
Usman supported immediate take-off of the base with delivery of a brand new, purpose-built pick-up vehicle, among other things.
He said that there would be immediate deployment of the base’s Commanding Officer, the second in command and other key officers and operatives as well organisation of special training for all personnel.

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IGP Orders Deployment Of Police Helicopters To S/West, N/West - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 30, 2019
As part of efforts aimed ateffectively curtailing crimes in the country, the Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of Police aerial surveillancehelicopters to major cities in the South-West and North-West of the country.
This comes after the murder of acatholic priest, Rev. Father, David Tanko, in the early hours of Thursday bysuspected bandits in Taraba.
The IGP called on Nigerians not topanic, assuring the nation that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will notgo undetected and unpunished.
He also enjoined the people to becalm and give maximum support to the Police in the bid towards unravelling theauthors of the crime, their motives and circumstances surrounding theunfortunate killing of the Priest.
He added that the Police Air-WingOperational Base in Abuja caters for Abuja – Kaduna highways as well as theadjoining States in the North-West and North-Central, the new base in OndoState will cater for the adjoining states and highways straddling theSouth-West.

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IGP, PSC Chair Meet Retired IGPs, Vow Collaboration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 13, 2023
The meeting which was at the instance of Arase, discussed effective partnership amongst other salient issues affecting the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force, drawing experiences from the retired officers who had at various times piloted the affairs of the NPF and the commission.
The retired IGPs who graced the occasion are Sunday Ehindero, Ogbonna Onovo, a former PSC Chairman, Mike Okiro, and the incumbent Chairman, Police Trust Fund, Suleiman Abba.
The Commision’s Chairman, Arase appreciated the IGP and retired IGPs for honouring his invitation while assuring that the commission under him will not relent in making sure that the welfare of police officers is well catered to.


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IGP Reaffirms Withdrawal Of Police Mobile Force From Vips - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2023
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the decision in a statement, while reacting to recent news circulating regarding the possible reversal of the Police reform policy.
He added that the decision to withdraw Police Mobile Force personnel from VIP duties is part of ongoing efforts to optimise the allocation of resources and enhance the efficiency of the Nigeria Police Force in its core mandate of safeguarding the lives and properties of all citizens.
The statement also said the Force will consider the provisions of Sections 23 to 25 of the Police Act 2020, in recruiting more supernumerary officers, to handle VIP security responsibilities. It added that no VIP or critical infrastructure will be left unprotected as a result of the new policy.


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Shi’ites Will Be Treated Like Terrorists - IGP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 31, 2019
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of the members and the leaders of Islamic Movement in Nigeria nationwide.
Speaking at the monthly conference with seniorpolice officers in Abuja on Tuesday, the Inspector General stated that allforms of procession or protest by IMN is now illegal.
This followed the proscription of the group by a Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
Read This: Xenophobia: Nigerians In Diaspora Condemns Alleged Attack By South African Police
He stated that the Shi’ites will be treated like terroristsand enemies of state, and prosecuted under the Terrorism Act, including anyoneassociating with them in any way that could advance their activities in thecountry.


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IGR: Osinbajo Asks Governors To Boost Revenue To Reduce Poverty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 29, 2019
Nigeria’sVice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has asked governors to boostInternally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the next four years to reduce poverty intheir state.
Hesaid the consequences of boosting states IGR will mitigate the challenges ofmalnutrition, illiteracy and out of school children.
ProfessorOsinbajo said this on Monday at an induction programme organised by theNigerian Governors Forum in Abuja for new and returning governors, ahead of theinauguration on May 29, 2019.
TheVice President also asked state governors to operate in unity as the FederalGovernment is ready to support an all-party co-operation.
Accordingto him, the National Executive Council will begin to look at more ways to effectivelysecure the country.
Onhis part, the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of ZamfaraState, Abdul-Aziz Yari, asked the incoming governors to work hard to reduceover dependence on the federation account and look seriously towardsdiversification, industrialization and strengthening tax laws.


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Ihedioha: Ex-Deputy Speaker Quits PDP. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
April 25, 2024
His resignation comes barely days after the PDP held its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which was meant to take far-reaching decisions on those accused of anti-party activities during the 2023 elections.
However, Ihedioha, who briefly served as Imo State governor in 2019 until the Supreme Court upturned his victory, disclosed his resignation in a letter to the chairman of PDP in his Mbutu Ward of Aboh Mbaise local government area in Imo State.
He also copied the chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), PDP acting national chairman, and chairman of PDP in Imo State.

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IHF Challenge Trophy: Board Member Expresses Confidence On National Team - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 21, 2019
Aboard member of Handball Federation of Nigeria HFN Musa Hamza, says he hasconfidence in the national junior female teams to lift the 2019 InternationalHandball Federation IHF organised Challenge Trophy.
The28 players and three officials on Thursday departed the country for the IHFtournament holding in Niamey, Niger Republic, between February 25and March 3.
Hamzasaid that the teams, which had two weeks of intensive camping, were adequatelyprepared for the tournament.
Henoted that the teams’ decision to arrive in Niamey in good time would help themacclimatize ahead of good performance in all its matches.

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IHF Challenge Trophy: National Handball Player Commends Coaching For Teams’ Victory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 1, 2019
A senior handball player Sam Samora, has commendedthe coaching crew of the national cadet and junior teams for their victoriousouting at the just-concluded Zone 3 International Handball Federation IHFChallenge Trophy in Niamey, Niger Republic.
The national Under 18 girls emerged winner in theCadet category, while the Under 20 team placed 2nd in the junior category ofthe tournament held from February 25 to March 3.
Samora said that the preparedness of the teams wasapparent from the comprehensive programmes evolved by the technical crew whilethey were in camp.
He added that the performances were a greatachievement to the handball family and the nation at large, as the cadet teamhas made itself a force to reckon with in the continent.


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Ikeja DISCO Announces Eight-Week Blackout In Ogba, Magodo, Other Areas - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 5, 2021
In a briefing, the Chief Technical Officer of the company, Jide Kumapayi, said the development was to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN to re-conduct its 132KV lines.
According to him, the upgrade is coming at a time when the capacity of most of the 132KV lines has become limited largely due to time and usage, leading to under-utilization.
Kumapayi, however, assured that the company’s technicians will be on standby to give support when needed during the upgrade.

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Ikeja Disco Announces Eight-Week Blackout In Ogba, Magodo, Other Areas - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 5, 2021
In a briefing, the Chief Technical Officer of the company, Jide Kumapayi, said the development was to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN to re-conduct its 132KV lines.
According to him, the upgrade is coming at a time when the capacity of most of the 132KV lines has become limited largely due to time and usage, leading to under-utilization.
Kumapayi, however, assured that the company’s technicians will be on standby to give support when needed during the upgrade.

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Ilimi: Najeriya Na Fuskantar Matsala-Obasanjo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 24, 2019
Tsohon shugaban kasaOlusegun Obasenjo, ya bayyana ilimi yanzu a Najeriya a matsayin abin rudani.
Obasanjo, ya tabbatarda haka ne a lokacin da ya halarci wani taro kan makamar ilimi na duniya da yagudana birnin Dubai dake hadaddiyar daular larabawa.
Taron mai taken kawosauyi a Najeriya, da yake amsa tambayoyin daga mahalarta taron tsohon shugabankasa ya ce idan aka tambaye shi kan matsayin ilimi a Najeriya, abinda zai ceshi ne ana cikin rudani.
Ya ce idan ya yi misalida jihar sa ta Ogun, inda gwamnatin jihar ta mallaki jami’o’i 4, duk jami’ar daka halarta a cikin su zaka gansu ne kamar makarantun sakandiri.
Obasanjo, ya ce sai daiyanzun yana ganin lokaci ya yi da za a yi gyara a bangaren darussan lissafi dakimiyya da kere-kere, da kuma al’adu domin samun cigaba.


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Ilimi: Sama Da Dalibai Miliyan Daya Su Ka Yi Rajistar Rubuta Jarabawar Jamb - Hukuma - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 28, 2019
HukumarShirya Jarabawar Shiga Jami’a JAMB, ta a shekara ta 2019 dalibai miliyan 1 dadubu 800 ne su ka yi rajistar rubuta jarabawar.
Daraktanyada labarai na hukumar Fabian Benjamin ya sanar da haka, yayin da ya ke ganawada manema labarai a Legas, inda ya ce hukumar ta rufe yin rajista da sayen fom tuna ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu.
Saidai ya ce wadanda su ka sayi fom kafin ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu, za su iyayin rajistar jarabawar daga lokacin zuwa karfe 12 na daren ranar 25 ga watanFabrairu.
Benjamin,ya kuma karyata rade-radin da wasu ke yi cewa an fara buga takardar shigarubuta jarabawar, ya na mai cewa wannan labarin ba gaskiya ba ne, domin babuyadda za a iya buga takardar ba tare da hukumar ta tsaida ranar rubuta jarabawaba.
A karshe ya yi kira ga mutane su kwantar da hankalin su, cewa nan ba da dadewa ba hukumar za ta sanar da ranar rubuta jarabawar.

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Ilimin Kada Kuri’a: Hukumar Wayar Da Kan Al’umma Ta Fara Shirya Tarurruka - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 7, 2019
HukumarWayar Da Kan Al’umma Ta Kasa Noa Ta Fara Wayar Da Kan Masu Kada Kuri’a A Jihohi7 Dake Shiyoyin Siyasar Arewa Maso Yammacin Najeriya.
BabbanDaraktan Hukumar Garba Abari, Ya Jagoranci Taron Kwanaki 2 Da Hukumar TaShiryawa Al’ummomi, Kungiyoyi Da Masu Ruwa Da Tsaki Kan Ilimin Zabe A Kaduna.
AbariWanda Ya Samu Wakilcin Daraktan Aikace-Aikace Na Hukumar David Akeji, Ya CeMakasudin Shirya Taron Shine Domin Tabbatar Da Cewa Masu Ruwa Da Tsaki Sun MallakiIlimin Da Ya Kamata Su Samu Kan Harkokin Zabe.
Ya Ce Akwai Jam’iyyuDaban-Daban Wadanda Tambarin Su Ya Kusa Zuwa Irin Guda, Akwai Kuma WadandaSunayen Su Ne Ka Kamancecenya Da Juna, Wanda Idan Ba Da Wayar Da Kan Al’umma BaZa A Rika Samun Matsaloli A Lokacin Zabe.
A Nata BangarenGwamnatin Jihar Kaduna Ta Ce Shirya Irin Wadannan Tarurruka Zai Taimaka WajenBanbancewa Tsakanin Jam’iyyun Siyasa A Lokacin Zabe.


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I’ll Honour Pact On Border Reopening — Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 4, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administrationwould implement the decision of the tripartite committee made up of Nigeria,Benin and Niger on the partial closure of the country’s land border as soon asthe report is received.
Buhari said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,while receiving Bashir Mamman Ifo, outgoing President of theExonomic Communityof West African States ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development and hissuccessor, George Nana Donkor.
He said the partial closure had given Nigeria anumber of insights.


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Illegal Activities: NAFDAC Plans To Go On Pigin English On Radio, TV - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 25, 2020
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration andControl, NAFDAC is to begin a Pidgin English programme on radio and televisionto enlighten Nigerians on the consequences of illicit acts in health sector.
The Agency’s Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye whoannounced this in in Abuja said the idea became necessary following the highlevel of illiteracy among some Nigerians on the use of some chemicals in foodprocessing.
She said that it was also to raise awareness andenlightenment campaign to stop all the unhealthy activities in the healthsector.
The NAFDAC Boss who expressed dismay over the alleged use ofbleaching detergent for cassava processing to induce ‘whiteness of fufu andgaari’ admonished the perpetrators to desist as it portends great danger to thehealth of the consumers.
On the allegations of poultry farmers using detergents as asupplement for their birds, Adeyeye said that the agency would beam itssearchlight on it to ensure that the health of the nation is safeguarded.
She added that the post marketing surveillance activities ofthe agency would now be reviewed to ensure the staff of the department go outfor inspection on quarterly basis.

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Illegal Activities: Navy Arrests 2 Fishing Trawlers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 9, 2019
TheNigerian Navy says it has arrested two Nigerian flagged fishing trawlers,Banaly V and Olokun V for violating the range specified within Nigerian watersfor inshore fishing and shrimping activities.
TheDirector of Information, Navy, Commodore Suleman Dahun made this known in astatement on Monday in Abuja.
Dahunsaid the vessels were arrested around Antan Field which is 21 nautical miles ofthe Nigerian coastline.
Hesaid the activities of the two trawlers were detected by the Nigerian NavyFalcon Eye surveillance system.
Hesaid following the arrest of the vessels, commanders of Nigerian Navy ships hadbeen directed to pay attention to the activities of fishing trawlers withinNigerian waters in order to reduce illegal activities.

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Illegal Arms: Buhari Challenges Regional Leaders On Flow Into Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 14, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari stresses the need for wider cooperation among countries of the Sahel and Sahara regions to counter the infiltration of small arms to Nigeria.
The president made the call at the one-day Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States CEN-SAD in N’Djamena, Chadi.
The President maintained that the call had become imperative as such illegal arms were flowing into the hands of militia forces, bandits and insurgents who are becoming a threat to human rights and internal security.
According to him, his administration has worked closely with immediate neighbours in the last few years to stem the widespread availability of small arms and light weapons making their way into Nigeria.
President Buhari, however noted that very disturbing recent developments had impelled the administration to seek support from a wider circle of countries if the illegal inflows are to be curtailed.


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Illegal Arms: Buhari Challenges Regional Leaders On Flow Into Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
April 14, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari stresses the need for wider cooperation among countries of the Sahel andSahara regions to counter the infiltration of small arms to Nigeria.
The president made thecall at the one-day Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of Stateand Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States CEN-SAD in N’Djamena,Chadi.
The Presidentmaintained that the call had become imperative as such illegal arms wereflowing into the hands of militia forces, bandits and insurgents who arebecoming a threat to human rights and internal security.
According to him, hisadministration has worked closely with immediate neighbours in the last fewyears to stem the widespread availability of small arms and light weaponsmaking their way into Nigeria.President Buhari, howevernoted that very disturbing recent developments had impelled the administrationto seek support from a wider circle of countries if the illegal inflows are tobe curtailed.


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Illegal Bunkering Crusade: Arewa Leader Lauds Goc 6 Division. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 5, 2024
Saidu who is also Chairman Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria ‘s Anti-pipeline Vandalism and Petroleum Products Monitoring, noted that since Major General Abdussalam assumed office there had been commendable steps by military personnel to smoke out oil thieves in the region.
The Arewa leader said the onslaught against illegal bunkering activities in the region was a product of the political will demonstrated by the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa and the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
He said the new resolve was good for the region as it woud help protect the environment.


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Illegal Dealings: NDLEA Intercepts Fake $4.7m Cash In Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 21, 2022
In a statement issued on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesman, Femi
Babafemi, said operatives of the agency had in the early hours of Friday,
February 18 stopped a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at the
Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to NDLEA, the seizure followed intelligence received by the
FCT Command of the agency detailing the movement of the cash and
the vehicle conveying it led to the arrestof a principal suspect, 52-year-
old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.

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Illegal Fishing: Navy Arrests 26 Crew, Four Foreigners - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 25, 2019
NigerianNavy says it has arrested 26 crew and confiscated two fishing trawlersbelonging to a Nigerian Company, (ORC fishing and food processing Limited) forillegal fishing activities.
OperationCommander, Operation FORMOSO, Captain Suleiman Ibrahim, said his men also arrestedfour foreigners for illegal fishing activities within the restricted distanceof 5 nautical miles off the Nigerian coastline.
Henamed the confiscated vessels as ORC 5 and CYNTHIA.
TheNavy handed over the vessels, and their contents, with all 26 crew to theFederal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Commanding Base Officer,FORMOSO, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
Ibrahimsaid the Navy detected the illegal activities of the vessels with the use ofmaritime domain awareness equipment trawling within the 5 nautical milesrestricted zones, adding that they thereafter deployed its operatives tointercept them.
Henoted that the area was designated for the use of local fishermen and notbigger vessels with monitoring to avoid conflicts.

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Illegal Immigrants: 95 Persons Rescued Off Libyan Coast – Organisation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 23, 2020
The International Organisation for Migration, IOM says about 95 illegal immigrants were rescued off Libya’s western coast and returned to Khums, Libya by the coast guard.
The organisation tweeted that its staff were on site to provide needed assistance and report that among them were four women.
Earlier, the IOM said that 131 illegal immigrants, including 13 miners, were rescued off the country’s western coast.
It also estimated that more than 6,100 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya so far in 2020, compared with 9,225 in 2019.
The fall of the previous Muammar Gaddafi’s government in 2011 has created a state of insecurity and chaos in Libya.
This has made Libya a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards European shores.
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Illegal Migration: 28 Dead Bodies Found On Libyan Coast - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
December 27, 2021
Meanwhile, Libyan Red Crescent teams found three survivors at two
different sites on the beaches of Al-Alous, some 90 kilometres (55
miles) from Tripoli.
The bodies’ which were in advanced state of decomposition indicates
that the shipwreck happened several days ago.
Libya, wracked by a decade of conflict and lawlessness, has become a
key departure point for African and Asian migrants making desperate
attempts to reach Europe.
Migrants often endure horrific conditions in Libya before embarking
northwards on overcrowded, often unseaworthy vessels that frequently
sink or get into trouble.
The latest tragedy comes just days after 160 migrants died within a week
in similar incidents, bringing the total number of lives lost this year to
1,500, according to the International Organization for Migration, IOM.
The IOM says more than 30,000 migrants have been intercepted in the
same period and returned to Libya.

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Illegal Migration: Federal Government, IOM Repatriates 167 Victims Of Trafficking From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 26, 2022
Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya Kabiru Musa, who announced this in a statement in Abuja, said the 167 stranded Nigerians left the Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli and are expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Lagos. He added that the government granted a special waiver to the IOM and the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli following the circumstances in Libya which hosts thousands of stranded Nigerians.
Musa said the exercise which is the first in the year included victims of human trafficking, forced labour, those released from detentions and irregular migrants on voluntary return who took Libya as a transit country.
However, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has confirmed the received 167 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Director-General of the Agency Mustapha Habib who was represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, made this in an interview with reporters in Lagos.

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Illegal Migration: NEMA Receives 159 Nigerian Returnees From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2022
NEMA Director-General, Mustapha Habib, who was represented by the
Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, told newsmen
that the returnees were assisted back to the country and arrived at the
Cargo Wing of the Lagos airport aboard Al Buraq Air with registration
number 5A-DMG.
Giving a breakdown of the figures, he said the Nigerians comprise 80
adult females, 67 adult males 11 children, and two infants.
The NEMA boss called on Nigerians to adopt a positive attitude towards
life challenges, warning youths, who may think there is greener pastures
elsewhere, against irregular migration.

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Illegal Migration: NEMA Receives 178 More Stranded Nigerian Returnees From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
June 23, 2022
Among the returnees are 73 female adults, 63 male adults, 15 male
children, 13 female children, 14 male infants and six female infants.
The Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed received the
returnees on behalf of the Federal Government.
The returnees were enjoined to turn a new leaf in looking for ample
opportunities that abound in the country which are enough for everyone
to achieve their desired goals.
The DG also appealed to the returnees to avoid vices that they must have
been exposed to and maximize the potential opportunities they have at
home.
The distressed returnees were assisted back to the country through the
Voluntary Assisted Returnees by International Organisation for
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Illegal Migration: NIS Inaugurates Centre To Combat Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 28, 2019
TheNigeria Immigration Service on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated a PersonnelTraining Resource Centre to combat illegal migration.
Theservice also launched the training curriculum for its personnel to serve as aguide for the officers.
Performing the ceremony in Abuja on Thursday, Controller-General of the Service, Muhammad Babandede said that the centre was aimed at registering non-citizens who were staying in the country for more than 90 days.
Babandedenoted that the centre was co-funded with the support of donors headed by the InternationalOrganisation for Migration IOM.
These,he said include the Government of the Netherlands, the Government ofSwitzerland, Federal Foreign Office of Germany and GIZ German Corporation forInternational Cooperation, a development partner.
He said that the effort was also in line with immigration’s regulation which made it mandatory for non-Nigerians to register when they come into the country.


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Illegal Migration: UK, Nigeria Sign Deal On Deportation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 1, 2022
The deal will see offenders receive new travel documents within five working days.
Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed the Memorandum of
Understanding – MoU – with Nigeria.
The official noted that the MoU on migration issues would tackle illegal migration and the significant threat it poses to both nations.
Patel said the countries will share their expertise and take the fight against persons responsible for criminality and security breaches.
The UK Home Office has signed similar agreements with Serbia, Albania and India.


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Illegal Mining: 43 Dead In Congo Copper Mine Collapse - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 28, 2019
Thedeath toll from a mine collapse in south-east Congo has risen to 43,authorities said on Friday.
OnThursday authorities had recovered 36 bodies after the accident at the KamotoCopper Company mine.
Theminers were there illegally, according to the governor.
Congois rich in minerals like copper and cobalt and accidents in mines are notuncommon.
itcould be recalled that in March, fourteen people were killed overnight when asmall-scale mine in a tin-rich area of eastern DR Congo collapsed.
Localofficials had said that the incident occurred in Niyabibwe, about 100kilometres  north of Bukavu, the capitalof South Kivu province.
Minershad dug a shaft to look for cassiterite, a source of tin, but the walls cavedin after heavy rain.


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Illegal Mining: 80 Per Cent Of Revenue Accrueable From Solid Minerals Lost - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 11, 2020
The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development says the country is losing 80 percent of revenue that would have accrued from the solid minerals sector, to illegal mining.
The Ministry’s PlanOfficer, Abunuma Samuel stated this while speaking to newsmen after sensitisingartisanal miners in Maru, Talata-Mafara Local Government in Zamfara. He addedthat government is concerned over illegal mining in the state in spite of itsorder.
The federal governmenthad, in April 2019, announced a ban on mining in Zamfara and its environs, itsaid the ban was part of measures to address the security challenges inthe state.
In a remark,Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Aliyu Alhaji-Garba,regretted that miners were still involved in illegal activities in spite of theban.
Also, the Emir ofMaru, Abubakar Maigari, who also spoke while receiving the surveillance team athis palace, urged the government to review the ban. He also advised the federalgovernment to embark on sensitisation, instead of a total ban on mining.

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Illegal Mining: Group Drums Support For EFCC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 22, 2022
The Chairman of the group who doubles as the chairman, Nigeria Mining and Geo-science Society Ilorin Chapter, Abdulraman Ottan, made the commendation during a solidarity visit to the commission’s zonal command in Ilorin.
Ottan declared support for the intervention of the EFCC in regulating the mining sector, which he described as a “bold step”.
He expressed readiness of the committee to collaborate and partner with the commission, while urging every sector of the economy to work with the anti-graft agency in order to rid the country of corruption.
Responding, the Zonal Commander, Michael Nzekwe, expressed delight with the visit, saying there is still hope for Nigeria.
Nzekwe said that the action of the commission to clamp down on suspected illegal miners in the state was not to witch-hunt but to regulate the sector and ensure that the right thing was done in line with the mandate of the commission. He appealed to the public to support the EFCC in its efforts to fight corruption and make Nigeria a better place.

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Illegal Mining: Many Feared Dead In Chad Gold Mine Collapse - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
Many people are feared dead after anillegal gold mine collapsed in Chad republic.
Chad Defence Minister, Mahamat AbaliSalah said the mine caved in a zone beset by illegal mining at Kouri Bougoudi,near the Libyan border.
An army officer who pleadedanonymity spoke of around 30 deaths, basing the figure on witness accounts.
A local lawmaker spoke for his partof a dozen deaths, basing his tally on what witnesses had related to him.
The Tibesti region where theaccident occurred is a largely lawless one and home to various gangs andtraffickers seeking to profit from a gold rush.
The Chadian government hasauthorised mining companies to exploit the deposits but rights groups accuseauthorities of using Arab fighters to compose a takeover of the area.

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Illegal Operation: Lagos Govt Shuts 24 Health Facilities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 9, 2019
TheLagos State Government has shut at least 24 pharmacies, patent medicine shopsand unlicensed premises across the state over illegal operation and operatingbeyond scope of practice.
Thefacilities were sealed by the Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugsand Unwholesome Processed Foods for offences.
TheCommissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi who said this while reviewing the reportof the enforcement exercise carried out by Task Force, stated that the sealingof the affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores was in accordance withthe provisions of Section C34 of the Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and UnwholesomeProcessed Foods Provision Act of 1999.
Heexplained that the enforcement which is part of the mandates of thePharmaceutical Inspectorate Unit, PIU of the Ministry of Health, was in linewith the state government drive to put a halt to the ugly trend of havingunqualified personnel deal with drugs.
Abayomimaintained that the state government would continue to insist that theenvironment for the dispensation of medical care should be suitable for thepromotion and maintenance of good health for citizens.

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Illegal Possession Of PVCS: INEC Prosecutes Offenders In Sokoto, Kano - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 28, 2022
The commission disclosed this in a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye, in Abuja on after the commission’s meeting.
Okoye said that the commission, at the meeting, deliberated on a number of issues, including the arrest and the prosecution, as well as the collection of PVCs.
Okoye said in the last couple of weeks, the Nigeria Police arrested some individuals found to be in illegal possession of voters’ cards in some states of the federation.
He reiterated INEC’s commitment to continue to pursue all violators of the Electoral Act and ensure their diligent prosecution.
He said that the end of the statutory period for the display of the register of voters for claims and objections, INEC was determined to make the collection of PVCs as seamless as possible.

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Illegal Rehab Center: Kano Police Arrest Operator, Rescue 113 Inmates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2022
Safiyanu was said to have been arrested alongside five other of his accomplice.
The Command Spokesperson SP Abdullahi Haruna, while confirming the development said about 113 inmates confined and locked up in a room have been rescued from the illegal rehab center.
He also added that the command received a complaint from 10 inmates who escaped from the center informing it about the evil perpetrated by the suspects which led to a swift response and that leading to the arrest of Safiyanu and his accomplice.
Haruna explained that based on receipt of report of the activities, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, immediately ordered team of detectives led by CSP Abdulkarim Abdullahi to mount 24 hours surveillance, verify the report, rescue the victims and arrest the culprits.
The Spokesperson said the suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.

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Illegal Transactions: Nigeria Loses $400bn Looted Funds To Foreign Havens - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 17, 2019
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami says Nigeria lost four-hundred billion dollars looted
funds to foreign havens.
Malami, who made this known this in Abuja at the 8th sessionof the
Conference of States Parties to the UnitedNations, UN Convention
Against Corruption in the United Arab Emirate,UAE, said the funds
were stolen and expatriated by corrupt leadersand their foreign
accomplices including multinational companies.
The Minister, in an issued statement by his spokesman, UmarGwandu
told the session that the government had takenstrong measures to
address the challenge to ensure that Nigerianfinancial institutions
and banks were not used as channels for theseillegal transactions.

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Illegal Use: EFCC To Clamp Down On Fraudulent POS Machines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 14, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has said it will start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of Point of Sale, POS machines in the country.
The decision was announced in a statement by the Makurdi Zonal Head of the EFCC, Johnson Babalola, in an interactive session with Regional Bank Managers at the EFCC Zonal office in Benue State.
Babalola, while speaking on behalf of the acting EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu, charged banks to ensure proper monitoring and strict compliance by those to whom they issue POS machines.
He said there was need for some of the POS machines to be withdrawn from such individuals. He also warned banks to adhere strictly to the Post-No-Debit, temporary freezing of account order placed on banks found to be involved in suspicious transactions.
He noted that some staff of banks were in the habit of giving prior notice to customers whose accounts were being placed on Post-No-Debit, aiding and abetting crime and obstruction of justice, instead of assisting the Commission as stipulated by law.


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Illicit Arms Flow: Arms Control Center Partners Service Chiefs, Seeks Collaboration To Mop Illegal Arms - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
August 2, 2021
The newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Arms
and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has partnered Service Chiefs of
military and paramilitary agencies to combat illicit arms flows in
Nigeria.
The director-general, NCCSALW, Major General Abba Mohammed
Dikko (rtd) solicited the support of the Service Chiefs during separate
visits to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of the
Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, and the Inspector General of
Police, Alkali Baba Usman, in Abuja recently.
In a statement by the director, strategic communications and
information, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light
Weapons, Group Captain Ewejide Akintunde, Dikko said the purpose of
the visits was to acquaint the various chiefs with the core functions of
NCCSALW.
He said all stakeholders support was needed in the actualisation of the
centre’s objectives.
Gen Dikko explained that the NCCSALW was established on May 3,
2021 following an Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari
and he was initially appointed as the national coordinator of the Centre
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Illicit Drug: Ecowas Launches Report To Tackle Use, Trafficking In Region - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 15, 2021
The report, by the ECOWAS Commission in conjunction with other stakeholders will serve as a guide to member states on how to tackle illicit drug use and trafficking. It also contains statistics and trends of illicit drug supply and drug use in the sub-region and will help member states in developing programmes, policies, and advocacy.
Commissioner, Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Commission Siga Jagne emphasised that with the project, West Africa could boast of valid and reliable source of drug-related data to inform evidence-based anti-drug measures.
Also, Director-General, West African Health Organisation, WAHO Stanley Okolo expressed displeasure at the public health and socio-economic consequences of illicit drug use in the sub-region, saying it led to increased drug dependence, metal health issues, violence, and suicide.
On his part, the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA Buba Marwa said the government would not relent in its fight against illicit drug use and trafficking and pledged Nigeria’s commitment to working with the 2018-2019 Report to effectively tackle illicit drug use and trafficking in the sub-region.

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Illicit Drug: NDLEA Takes 3 Truck-Load Of Cannabis To Court As Exhibit - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 11, 2019
TheNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA today took two Hilux truck and aToyota Hiace bus loaded with 201 sacks of cannabis sativa as exhibits to theFederal High Court Abuja.
The201 sacks of cannabis were brought before Justice Evelyn Maha by the NDLEA asexhibits in a count charge filed against one Michael Monday and AbdullahiIliyasu.
Monday,33,and Iliyasu, 25, both male with no skill or handiwork, are being prosecuted bythe NDLEA for aiding in the transportation of cannabis sativa, an illicit drugweighing 2,058.7 kg.
Theculprit whom both defendants aided in transporting the 201 sacks of cannabissativa, one Ugo, was still at large.
Thedefence counsel, Sharon Saakwen made no objection to the entire exhibitstendered by the prosecution.


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Illicit Drugs: NDLEA Arrests 9,824 Drug Suspects, Seizes 316, 365.47 Kg - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 7, 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said it arrested 9,824 suspected drug offenders and recovered 316,365.47 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in 2018.
Head of Public Affairs of the agency, Jonah Achema, said this on Tuesday in Abuja.
Achema said that 9,122 of the nabbed suspects were males while 702 were females, adding that the agency prosecuted 1, 245 offenders during the period.
He said that the agency secured 1, 236 convictions, while seven cases were acquitted and two struck out. Drugs seized by NDLEA in 2018
According to him, from the total number of kilogrammes of drugs recovered, Cannabis Sativa weighed 271,812 kilogrammes while Codeine Cough syrups intercepted was 16,039 kilogrammes.
Achema said that Cannabis Sativa was the only locally cultivated illicit drug in Nigeria, while Cough syrups with codeine content had been banned since 2018 because of its widespread abuse.


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Illicit Drugs: Presidential Committee Urges Ports Stakeholders To Block Importation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 12, 2019
The Presidential Advisory Committee on theElimination of Drugs Abuse has urged maritime agencies and other portsstakeholders to support the Federal Government in eradicating importation of illicitdrugs into the country.
The Committee’s Chairman Buba Marwa who made theappeal in Lagos when he met with government agencies and port stakeholders saidthat the committee was in Lagos port in order to get to the root of the problemof smuggling of illlicit drugs into the country.
According to Marwa, the committee would also visitall states and local government areas in the country to find solutions to theproblem.
He assured the government agencies that thecommittee would include their requirements in its report to President Buhari,in order to make their work more efficient.
The Port Manager, Apapa Port Complex, AishaAli-Ibrahim, said the authority was worried about importation of unwanted drugsinto the country.


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Illicit Financial Flows: Buhari Links Insecurity To Illicit Funds - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 18, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the intelligencecommunity in Africa to tighten the loop against illicit financial flows, justas he attributed rising security challenges to sponsorship by those who profitfrom illegal financial activities.
The president gave the task at the opening session of the16th Conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services ofAfrica in Abuja on Thursday.
Buhari observed development and stability on the Africancontinent had been undermined by illicit outflows estimated to be about 60billion dollars annually.
Buhari noted that the theme for the conference, “IllicitFinancial Outflows from Africa and its impact on National Security andDevelopment,’’ was most timely.
He urged stakeholders from the intelligence community of the52 African countries to create a template of risk factors and actionablestrategies and give priority to examining the links between crime andinstability on our continent.


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Illicit Funds: S’court Affirms Interim Forfeiture Of Another N2.4bn Linked To Patience Jonathan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 15, 2019
TheSupreme Court has affirmed another order of interim forfeiture made by theLagos Division of the Federal High Court in respect of the sum of 2.4 billionnaira allegedly traced to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan,Patience.
The ApexCourt had, barely a week ago, affirmed an interim forfeiture of the sum of 8.4million dollars belonging to the former-First Lady and directed her to returnto the Federal High Court in Lagos to show cause why the fund should not bepermanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
On Friday,in a separate appeal, a five-man Bench of the Apex Court unanimously handeddown a similar verdict on another sum of 2.4 billion naira in the bank accountof Lawari Furniture & Bath Limited, a firm which the Economic and FinancialCrimes Commission, EFCC had linked to Jonathan.
The company had, through its lawyers Mike Ozekhome, SAN filed the appeal to challenge the January 12th, 2018 judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, which had affirmed the interim forfeiture order of the Federal High Court in Abuja in respect of the said amount.


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Illicit Plants: NDLEA Destroys Cannabis Farm, Arrests Suspect In Kebbi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
September 7, 2019
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA hasdestroyed cannabis farm also known as Indian herm and arrested its owner inKebbi state.
The owner of the farm, Abdullahi Sani, was apprehendedat Shingi village in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state, where thefarm was located.
The Agency’s Commander in the state, Peter Odaudu saidthat the cannabis farm was the second so far discovered in the state.
Odaudu recalled that the agency had on July 24,2018, arrested a native doctor, Arage Rikici, who also owned cannabis farm atKukin village in Fakai Local Government Area of the state.
The NDLEA Commander advised farmers not to indulge inthe cultivation of illicit plants such as cannabis, as it affects soilfertility apart from being punishable by law. He called on communities in thestate to look out for cannabis sativa plants in their domain and alert relevantauthorities for prompt action.

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Ilmi: Kashi 26 Cikin 100 Na Dalibai Ne Su Ka Ci Jarabawar WAEC - Jami’in Ilmi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 7, 2019
Hukumar Shirya Jarabawar Kammala Sakandare ta Afrika ta YammaWAEC, ta bada sanarwar sakamakon jarabawar da dalibai su ka rubuta a cikinwatan Janairun da ya gabata.
Wannan ne dai karo na biyu da aka kara samun gagarumar rashinnasara tun daga lokacin da aka fito da tsarin jarabawar a shekara ta 2018.
Yayin da ake bayyana sakamakon jarabar a Ofishin Hukumar na Kasada ke Lagos, shugaban hukumar Isaac Adenipekun, ya ce dalibai dubu 12 da 202 nesu ka yi rajista, amma dubu 11 da 892 ne su ka rubuta jarabawar.
Adenipekun, ya ce mutane dubu 3 da 102 ne kadai su ka samusakamakon sama da darussa biyar, wadanda su ka hada da Turanci da lissafi.
Ya kuma tunatar da cewa a shekarar da ta gabata, kashi 17 darabi cikin 100 ne kacal su ka samu nasarar darussa biyar ko sama da haka.
Adenipekun, ya ce an rike sakamakon jarabawar dalibai sama da300, saboda akwai zargin magudi ko satar jarabawa da ake yi masu.


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I’m Absolutely Aware Of Nigerians’ Suffering — Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 6, 2022
The President made the remark in an exclusive interview with Channels Television.
The president, however, advised Nigerians to leverage the opportunity that agriculture offers in order to find a lasting solution to the current economic quagmire.
On the security situation in the country, Buhari said traditional rulers must play a huge role in bringing peace to communities.
He also advocated for more dialogue in solving the farmer-herder clashes recorded across the country.

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I’m Aware Of Infrastructural Gaps, Challenges In Niger Delta – Tinubu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 24, 2024
The president stated this while declaring open the 6th Meeting of the National Council of Niger Delta NCND in Asaba.
Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Abubakar Audu, said efforts were being made to transform the infrastructural and economic fortunes of the region and indeed the nation at large.
He noted that the theme of the meeting was apt, strategic and appropriate to stimulate proper coordination of developmental programmes and projects in the region.
He, therefore, called on all stakeholders to key into the theme and ensure maximum deliverables were attained.


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I’m not quitting football yet – Obafemi Martins - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Mohammed Abdulhammed
September 28, 2019

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Olympics 2020: Imama List Final 18 Man Squad For AFCON U23 Cup of Nations Tie Against Sudan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Mohammed Abdulhammed
September 3, 2019
Coach Imama Amapakabo of the Nigeria U23 has named a squad of 23 players who will prosecute the first leg of the final round of qualifiers for the Africa U23 Cup of Nations which serves as qualifiers for the football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
As expected the coach settled for players plying their trade in the Nigeria League but will likely revert to the foreign based players for the return leg pending the outcome of the game which will be played on Thursday.
The coach settled for six foreign based players for the game with four out of the six among the players who played in the last round of qualifiers where they defeated Libya on a 4-2 aggregate win to progress.
THE FULL LIST:
Abubakar Adamu, Agbor Ekoi, Nda Olisa, Stephen Manyo, John Lazarus, Ebube Duru, Collins Ogbodo, Azubuike Okechukwu, Fatai Gbadamosi, Sunday Adetunji, Blessing Muyiwa, Ndifreke Effiong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Onyeka Ogochukwu, Sunusi Ibrahim, Sunday Faleye, Stephen Odey, Etboy Akpan

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IMF Announces Operationalisation Of Facility To Help Vulnerable Countries Meet Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 13, 2022
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, has announced the operationalisation of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust RST, to help vulnerable countries meet long-term challenges.
Georgieva announced this in a statement obtained from the IMF website by today in Abuja.
According to her, the new RST has become operational. Today, I notified the Executive Board that with our fundraising to date, the RST is ready to start lending operations.
She said as the IMF’s first-ever facility to provide long-term affordable financing, the RST aims to support countries build resilience to structural challenges, such as climate change and pandemics.
Georgieva said this would help maintain longer-term economic and financial stability while catalysing other public and private financing.

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IMF Downgrades Nigeria’s Growth Prospect Amid Pessimism, Tension - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 12, 2022
The Fund in its October World Economic Outlook update released, projected Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP to grow at 3.2 per cent this year and slope downward to three per cent in 2023. Both estimates are 20 basis points behind July forecasts.
The Institution had, in July, retained the April forecast for this year at 3.4 per cent. The GDP grew at 3.4 per cent in the first quarter of the year but slowed to 3.1 per cent in the second quarter.
The average performance so far is short of the Federal Government’s projected growth for the year.
IMF also cut sub-Saharan Africa’s growth from 3.8 to 3.6 per cent, while the global economy, which is strained by the cost of living crisis and geopolitical tensions, is projected to expand by 3.2 per cent this year and 2.7 per cent next year, a steep dive from six per cent increase recorded last year.

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IMF Excludes Nigeria From 25 Nations Granted Debt Relief - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 14, 2020
The International Monetary Fund, IMFhas granted debt relief to 25 countries, mostly African nations with theexception  of Nigeria.
IMF Managing Director KristalinaGeorgieva in a statement said it would provide 500 million dollar ingrant-based debt service relief to these countries.
It listed the beneficiaries asAfghanistan, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad,Comoros, D.R Congo., The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Haiti, Liberia,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger Republic, Rwanda, São Toméand Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Togo and Yemen.
Meanwhile, the fund has also advisedcommercial banks to restructure loans in a bid to mitigate the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic.
According to a report entitled‘Maintaining Banking System Safety amid the COVID-19 Crisis’, IMF Director ofthe Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Tobias Adrian, called for therestructuring of loans extended to sectors that were adversely affected by thepandemic.
Adrian called on regulators andsupervisors to also remind banks about flexible credit risk management.


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IMF Raises Nigeria’s Economic Growth Projection To 3.4% - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 20, 2022
Additionally, the fund reviewed upward the country’s 2023 growth prediction, from 2.7 per cent to 3.1 per cent.
These were contained in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook WEO, titled: “War Sets Back the Global Recovery,” that was released on the side-lines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank hybrid spring meetings in Washington DC.
The multilateral institution noted that the non-oil sector played a pivotal role in increasing Nigeria’s growth prospect, adding that globally only 86 per cent of countries saw a downward revision of its growth projection.
It indicated that Nigeria was amongst 14 per cent of countries that had been estimated to record growth.


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Immigrants: European Union Says 2,084 Nigerians Entered Europe Illegally In Two Years - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
June 11, 2019
The Federal Government has begun a survey of thirty three thousand, three hundred houses across the nation to know the extent the disease of corruption has eaten into the nation’s fabric, as part of efforts to take the corruption fight to the next level.
The Project Director,  Isiaka Olarenwaju while speaking to newsmen in Abuja said that the 2019 survey would not target Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government  but would target  the houses of civil servants.
The survey known as National Survey on Quality and Integrity of Public Servants, follows the 2017 study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, UNODC in collaboration of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS which rated the Nigerian Police and civil servants as the stronghold of corruption.
According to the report, almost a third of Nigerian adults pay bribes when in contact with public officials and almost  a third of Nigerian adults, thirty two point three per cent who had contact with a public official between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay, or were requested to pay a bribe to that public official.


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Immigration Crackdown: Finally, UK Bans Foreign Students Barred From Bringing Family Members. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 25, 2023
The changes will come into effect from January 2024.
Under the new proposals, only students on longer postgraduate courses designated as research programmes, such as PhD, will be able to bring dependents to the UK while they study.
Also, overseas students will be prevented from switching out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed.
There will also be improved and more enforcement activity and a clamp down on unscrupulous agents using education as a cover for immigration, according to the government statement.
It said net migration has been steadily on the rise and is reportedly expected to hit a record high this year.
In the year ending December 2022, 486,000 student visas were issued to applicants – up from 269,000 in 2019.
Last year, the number of student visas issued to dependants stood at 136,000 – an eightfold increase from 2019, when 16,000 were provided.
Immigration figures point to an explosion in the number of people relocating to Britain on the privilege of their relatives’ student visas.


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Immunisation Week: UNICEF Says Nigeria Accounts For 4 Million Unvaccinated, Undervaccinated Children Globally - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 27, 2019
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF says Nigeria accounts for no fewer than four million un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children globally.
The Immunisation Officer, UNICEF Katsina Field Office, Ibrahim Ali-Mohammed said the United Nations, UN fund puts the number of un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children globally at twenty million.
Ali-Mohammed who was in Kano to attend the World Immunisation Week holding between April 25th and 30th, said the state accounted for three hundred and fifty thousand of the affected children in Nigeria.
According to the Field Officer, the number of un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children in Kano is the highest in the country.
The UNICEF official said that the decision to commemorate the World Immunisation Week in Kano was part of efforts to ensure that vaccines were available in the right quantity in the state. He said the week was aimed at promoting awareness on vaccines and the role of vaccination against diseases.


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Immunity: Senate Seeks Removal For Vice President, Governors, Deputies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 13, 2020
The Senate has passed for secondreading a bill seeking to amend provisions of the constitution to qualifycriminal charges for some public officers under Section 308. The sectionprovides immunity for sitting President, Vice President, Governors and theirDeputies.
If the proposed legislation ispassed, Vice President, Governors and their deputies would lose immunity fromcriminal liability where the offence involves misappropriation of public fundsor incitement of violence. The amendment however, does not affect a sittingPresident.
According to the Bill sponsored byDeputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, the act provides for qualification ofthe immunity clause to exclude immunity for Public Officers referred to insection 308 from criminal liability where the offence involves misappropriationof funds belonging to the Federal, State or Local Government and also the useof thugs to foment violence.


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IMN Appeals Against Proscription Order - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 3, 2019
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, on Friday, approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, seeking an order of the court to vacate the exparte order of the court made on July 26 proscribing its activities in the country.
Read This: Osinbajo Seeks Resolution Of Pending Issues Between Nigeria, UK
Counselto the IMN, popularly called the Shiites, Haruna Magashi, who brought the suit toldNewsmen that the group also sought the order of the court to set aside theearlier order declaring the activities of IMN as amounting to act of terrorismand illegality.
Heprayed the court to set aside, discharge and or vacate the exparte order of thecourt made on 26 July 2019, declaring the activities of the respondent asamounting to act of terrorism and illegality.
Anorder setting aside or vacating the order of the court proscribing the existenceand activities of the respondent in any part of Nigeria

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IMN: Garba Shehu Says The Sect Has Declared War On The State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 30, 2019
The move by the Federal Government to proscribe theIslamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN has continued to trigger more mixed reactionsacross the country.
Speaking on the issue during Garba Shehu insisted thatthe move was in the right direction.
He likened the recent activities of the Shiite groupto the declaration of war on the Nigerian State, following a series of protestwhich turned violent.
He added that IMN members are killing law enforcementagents, and stopping other citizens from enjoying their own right.
According to the presidential aide, a responsiblegovernment has to do something about the security situation of the citizenry.
He stressed that the government has a responsibilityto protect the right of its people, saying the Presidency was committed todoing just that.
Shehu, however, faulted the claims that the governmenthas failed to go through due process to obtain a proscription order against theIMN.
The President’s spokesman decried that some peoplewere misinterpreting the action taken by the government against the group.


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Imo Assembly: Deputy Speaker Resigns A Day After Lawmakers Suspended Speaker - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2019
The Imo State House Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo has tendered his resignation letter to the Assembly on today.
The Deputy Speaker’s resignation came less than twenty four hours after twenty one out of the twenty seven Lawmakers served impeachment notices on the speaker, Acho Ihim and the majority leader, Lugard Osuji, after suspending them.
The Lawmakers who elected Chinedu Offor the acting speaker and Lloyd Chukwuemeka the new majority leader, said that the suspended two principal officers had engaged in unparliamentary conduct by escaping with the mace during the Wednesday’s plenary.
The resignation letter which was sighted by our correspondent in Owerri on Thursday morning was dated May 15th but was received by the office of the Clark of the state House of Assembly on May 16th.
The letter of resignation which Ozurigbo personally signed was addressed to the speaker and members of the state House of Assembly.


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Imo: Four Dead As Gunmen Attack Police Station - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2021
Gunmen on Thursday night attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters
in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.
The attack claimed the lives of four persons which included a police
Inspector and three of the attackers.
While parts of the police Division were burnt, cars parked on the
premises were not spared.
The attackers and the policemen on duty engaged in a gun battle for
some time, according to reports.
The police spokesperson for the state police command, Mike Abattam,
who confirmed the development, disclosed that the incident took place
around 11.35 pm on Thursday.
He informed that some of the surviving bandits escaped with bullet
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Imo Governorship: Court Strikes Out Suit Restraining INEC From Issuing Certificate To Ihedioha - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 23, 2019
A Federal High Courtsitting in Owerri has struck out a suit restraining the Independent NationalElectoral Commission, INEC from issuing certificate of return to Imogovernor-elect Emeka Ihedioha.
The court also ruledthat post-election matters belonged to the election tribunal.
Candidate of theAction Alliance  in the March 9th governorship election Uche Nwosu hadgone to court to get an order restraining the court from issuing a certificateof return to People’s Democratic Party, PDP Emeka Ihedioha.
Nwosu had argued thatIhedioha did not meet the required 25 per cent of the votes in 18 out of the 27local government areas in Imo state.
Justice Tijjani Ringimheld that post election matters are to be handled by the election tribunal. Hesaid that the quest for justice must be in line with the constitution.
INEC had on March 11 declaredIhedioha winner of the election who polled a total 273,404 votes to defeatNwosu who came second with 190,364 votes.


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Imo Governorship: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Ihedioha’s Case - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2020
The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of formerGovernor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha to March 2.
Ihedioha approached the Court with an application to reversethe judgement sacking him from office as Imo state Governor.
The Apex Court had fixed today to hear the appeal filed byIhedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP one month after it sackedhim on January 14 and declared Hope Uzodinma the candidate ofthe All Progressives Congress, APC as the duly elected Governor of Imo State.
At the hearing today, lawyer to Ihedioha, Kanu Agabi, SANfiled an application stating that he needs a little time to file some processesbefore the Court.
Lawyers to Governor Uzodinma and the Independent NationalElectoral Commission, INEC did not oppose the application.
The seven-man panel of the apex court led by the ChiefJustice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed, after listening to all the parties,adjourned the hearing to March 2.

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Imo Governorship: Supreme Court Verdict A Rude Shock, Unfair - Ihedioha - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 16, 2020
Former Imo state Governor,  Emeka Ihedioha  says the Supreme Court judgment which declared Hope Uzodinma winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-Eastern state came to him as a rude shock.
Ihedioha,in a statement said the judgment did not reflect the wishes of the people asexpressed on Election Day; saying it is unfair.
Hestated that he had put machineries in motion to hand-over the office toUzodinma as the next governor, adding that the hand-over would be coordinatedby the Secretary to the State Government, Uche Onyeaguocha.
Heurged all political appointees to write their hand-over notes and also returnall government property in their custody.
Hesaid he would always cherish the support he got in the last seven months,adding that he sought to elevate merit, unity of purpose and transparency andinclusive approach to governance.

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Imo Insecurity: Many Killed As Gunmen Attack Community In Orlu LGA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2022
The gunmen reportedly invaded the Local Government Area on Sunday
afternoon and opened fire on civilians before being confronted by
security operatives.
Several people were reportedly injured in the attack, which also resulted
in the destruction buildings.
In recent months, the state has been the target of multiple attacks by
gunmen.
The development comes days after an official of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, was shot dead in Ihitte Uboma
LGA of the state.
Two other INEC officials were declared missing in the attack which
occurred last Thursday. But they were later found.
As a result of the development, the commission suspended the
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Imo: NEMA Begins Operation Eagle Eye, Wants Ban On Fireworks Enforced - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 23, 2021
The Head, Imo/ Abia Operations Office, NEMA, Ifeanyi Nnaji, said the
programme would check road traffic abuse as well as reduce emergency
risks in the state.
He said NEMA was partnering the Federal Road Safety Commission,
Nigerian Red Cross Society and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps to implement the programme.
Meanwhile, Nnaji raised the alarm over indiscriminate use of fireworks
and urged the state government to enforce the ban on them.
The Zonal Commander, Zone J, Federal Fire Service, Ijeoma Achi, said
the exercise would successfully raise the consciousness of the populace
about activities that could trigger emergencies.
She gave an assurance of the readiness of personnel of the Federal Fire
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Imo Poltics: Gov. Uzodimma Dumps Deputy Ahead Of Gov’Ship Election. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2023
In the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the list showed that Uzodimma has dropped Placid for a female deputy governorship candidate, Mrs. Ekemaru Chinyere Ihuoma.
Analysts said that the choice of a female deputy by the All Progressives Congress is aimed at capturing the votes of the female population in the state.
They also contended that the choice of Ekemaru, who is from the same Mbaike block as the Peoples’ Democratic Party candidate, is to effectively checkmate the growing influence of the major opposition party in the November election.
Ekemaru is also a compensation for the people of Ikeduru as she is of the same political block as Placid Njoku.


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IMO :Two Operatives, Three Gunmen Killed In Fresh Attack On Police Station - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
August 14, 2021
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident and casualty figure in a statement on Saturday, one week after another police station in the state was attacked and set ablaze.
Abattam, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), identified the assailants, who swooped on the station around 2:45 am, as “armed bandits suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra)/ESN (Easter Security Network) terror group”.
The attackers, he said, “came in their numbers to attack Izombe Police Station but could not gain access to the station due to the swift response of the ever-alert Imo Command’s tactical teams and personnel of Operation Restore Peace of the Command who intercepted and repelled the bandits”.
After a gun battle, the police were able to repel the attackers.

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Imo West Senatorial Seat: Court Orders INEC To Issue Certificate Of Return To Okorocha - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 7, 2019
TheFederal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent NationalElectoral Commission,INEC, to immediately issue the Certificate of Return tothe immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as the Senator-Electfor the Imo West Senatorial District.
JusticeOkon Abang who made the order in a judgment on the suit filed by Okorocha, challengingINECs decision to withhold his certificate of return after he was declared thewinner of February 23, 2019, National Assembly Election in the Imo West SenatorialDistrict, described INECs action as lawless and arbitrary.
JusticeAbang also held that Okorocha having been declared the winner of the election,INEC no longer had any legal authority to withhold a certificate of return dueto him.
Thejudge held, once the declaration is made under section 68(c) of the electoralact, INEC has become functus officio and INEC has no lawful authority towithhold the certificate of return for any reason whatsoever.
Healso held that the issue of duress is unknown to both the electoral act and theconstitution of Nigeria.


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Imota Rice Mill To Be Ready June Next Year — LASG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 24, 2019
Lagos State Government said its 32,000-metric-tonnes Imota rice mill would be completed in June 2020.
State Commissioner forAgriculture, Gbolahan Lawal made the disclosure during an inspection visit tothe rice mill at Imota, Ikorodu.
Lawal said theeconomic importance of the rice mill was very huge, considering the FederalGovernment policy on importation of rice.
He explained that themill would create opportunities for the agriculture space, from bagging totransportation and distribution.
The commissionercommended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for sustaining the project with moreinvestment, which reflected the continuity of government.

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Impeachment: Kogi Assembly Commences Proceedings Against Deputy Governor - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 7, 2019
The Kogi State House ofAssembly has commenced impeachment proceedings against the state’s DeputyGovernor, Simon Achuba, over his criticism of Governor Yahaya Bello.
The lawmakers describedthe action as gross misconduct against the governor and the people of thestate.
The impeachment processfollowed a petition signed by 21 members of the House which was presentedduring plenary on Wednesday by the Majority Leader, Abdullahi Bello whorepresents Ajaokuta constituency.

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Implement Stringent Policies To Reduce Products Demand - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 8, 2019
The World Health Organisation,WHO has called on countries to develop, implement, and enforce effective policies that will help reduce the demand for tobacco products.
WHO made the call on Wednesday in a campaign article published on its website ahead of the 2019 Global Commemoration of the “World No Tobacco Day” celebrated yearly on May 31.
The organisation also urged countries that signed and ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to ensure full implementation of the treaty.
It said that its campaign was in line with the theme for 2019 Day: “Tobacco and Lung health’’.
According to WHO, its campaign is aimed at increasing awareness on the negative impact tobacco has on people’s health, from cancer to chronic respiratory disease.
WHO said that infants exposed to tobacco smoke toxins through maternal smoking or maternal exposure to second-hand smoke frequently experienced reduced lung growth and function.


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Implement Teachers’ Professional Salary Structure–NUT Urges FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2024
National President, NUT, Audu Amba, while speaking at the union’s 6th Annual Solemn Assembly in Abuja, explained that the salary structure ought to have been implemented since 2023.
He also recalled that in commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5, 2020, former President Muhammadu Buhari approved a special salary scale for teachers in the country. He also increased the number of years of service and retirement age of teachers from 35 to 40, and 60 to 65.
Amba however, lamented that the approvals made by the former President were yet to be implemented, particularly the professional salary structure for teachers.
He, therefore, the present administration to ensure implementation of the policies for the development of the nation’s educational sector.

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Import Duty: FG Acquires Portal For Exemption Certificates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2019
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government has acquired an automated customs gateway portal for the management of Import Duty Exemption Certificates, through Public Private Partnerships  arrangement .
Ahmed, who was represented byDirector, Human Resource Management, Ministry of Finance, Anita Shittu, saidthis at the Third Quarter, 2019 PPP Units Consultative Forum meeting, onThursday in Abuja.
Ahmed said that the ministry has alsothrough PPP, undertaken a Road Infrastructure Development and RefurbishmentInvestment Tax Credit Scheme , under Executive Order 007 of 2019.
According to her, the objective ofthe gateway portal is to ensure that government effectively tracks and managesall revenue accruable from import duties and other charges.
Ahmed said that the road schemeotherwise called ‘The Scheme” was an initiative that would enable privatesector participants partner with the Federal Government to bridge the roadinfrastructure gap in Nigeria.

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Importation: Buhari Explains Why He Stopped Forex For Food - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 14, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says the directive to theCentral Bank of Nigeria to stop providing foreign exchange for food importationwas to improve agricultural production and attain full food security.
The President’s spokesman in a statement, GarbaShehu, said Buhari stated this when he hosted All Progressives Congress, APCgovernors to Eid-el-Kabir lunch at his country home in Daura, Katsina State.
According to the president, the foreign reserve willbe used strictly for diversification of the economy and not for encouraging moredependence on foreign food.
The President noted that some states like Kebbi,Ogun, Lagos, Jigawa, Ebonyi and Kano had taken advantage of the FederalGovernment’s policy on agriculture with huge returns in rice farming.
He, therefore, urged more states to plug into theongoing revolution to feed the nation.
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, said the President’s sense of justice and fairness had been inspiring to governors.


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Importation: FG Bans Vehicles Above 12 Yrs; Hikes Taxes On Wines, Beers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 2, 2023
It issued this order along with a revised list of imports that were prohibited. Among banned items are chloroquine tablets and syrup, paracetamol tablets and syrup, cotrimoxazole tablets and syrup, folic acid tablets, metronidazole tablets and syrups, and tablet and syrup forms of paracetamol among many other drugs.
The government also introduced a new set of taxes system on imported vehicles with effect from June 1, 2023, via a circular sent to all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs on April 20, 2023 by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning.
The new tax law indicated that imported vehicles with engines ranging in size from 2 to 3.9 litres will be subject to an additional tax known as Import Adjustment Tax, IAT, which is levied at a rate of 2 percent of the vehicle’s value for engines ranging in size from 4 litres and above.
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Importation: Nigeria Recorded N15.69tn Deficit In Manufactured Goods In 3yrs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 20, 2019
Nigeria has recorded a total of fifteen point sixty nine trillion naira trade deficit in manufactured goods in the last three years.
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS Data shows that Nigeria depends heavily on imports to meet local demand for manufactured goods.
From 2016 to 2018, Nigeria spent sixteen point seven five trillion naira to import manufactured goods, being ten point twenty nine trillion naira higher than the six point forty six trillion naira budgeted for capital projects for the three-year period.
Nigeria budgeted one point fifty nine trillion naira for capital expenditure in 2016, two trillion naira in 2017 and two point eighty seven trillion naira in 2018.
The Minister of Trade and Investment Okechukwu Enelamah said Nigeria is making effort to deepen industrialisation, reduce imports and increase exports.  He added that the ministry had aggressively being implementing the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan and that the establishment of the Nigeria Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council was yielding results.


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Importation: Presidency Says No Ban, Restrictions On Food Items - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 19, 2019
The Federal Government explained that it has neither banned nor restricted importation of food items into the country.
It also explained that the recent directive by PresidentBuhari to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to stop providing foreign exchangefor importation of food items did not mean a restriction on the importation offood items.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Presidenton Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu stated that any importer of food items thatwished to source their forex from non-government financial institutions werefree to do so.
The Presidential spokesman was reacting to a report inFinancial Times, which was a letter to the Editor with the titled, “MuhammaduBuhari sparks dismay over policy shift on food imports”, published on August15, 2019.


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Imported Rice: C-G Customs Warns Nigerians On Consumption, Says It Is Poisonous - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 16, 2019
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has appealed to Nigerians to stop consuming foreign rice because it is poisonous.
He said this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Finance.
Ali said that the Federal Government had not issued license for importation of rice and that any rice seen on the streets that was not produced in Nigeria was smuggled.
He said that the imported rice was poisonous because before coming into the country, it must have spent a minimum of five years in the silos.
Ali said that rice importation was one of the biggest challenges the NCS was encountering, adding that it still happens because Nigerians consume the imported rice.
He added that Nigerians were not helping matters as they helped the smugglers bring in the product.
According to him, if Nigerians stop buying the imported rice, smugglers will go out of business and there will be no need to bring it in.


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Impressive Performance: Super Eagles Now 31 Best Team In FIFA World Ranking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2022
Eagles under Interim Coach Augustine Eguavoen moved five spots from the December 2020 ratings in the FIFA Rankings.
It would recalled that Nigeria is the only team to record a per cent record in the group stage of the continental tournament after they beat Egypt 1-0, went past Sudan 3-1 before beating Guinea Bissau 2-0.
Kelechi Iheanacho was the official Man of the Match against Egypt after his match winner, Moses Simon scooped the award in the comfortable win over Sudan, while stand-in captain William Ekong took the top individual prize in Wednesday night’s victory over Guinea Bissau.
The Eagles will be one of the five seeded teams for the draw of the 2022 World Cup final playoffs on Saturday.

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Improved Service: Federal Government Launches Enhanced E-Passport In UK, Restates Commitment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 24, 2021
Minister of Interior Affairs, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement signed by his Media Adviser Sola Fasure in Abuja.
He gave the assurance at the official rollout of the enhanced e-Passport at the Nigerian High Commission in London, UK, noting that it was the responsibility of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide passport for its citizens without stress within a reasonable period.
Aregbesola also noted that there had been huge challenges to passport administration, from shortage of booklet to touting and an economy of corruption built around it.
The Minister stressed that the challenges had persisted for too long, adding that a lot of people had become cynical while others had taken them as normal.
He said the new enhanced passport was a huge improvement from the standard passport introduced in 2007 because it had more sophisticated security features, making it one of the most secured passports in the world.

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Improved Welfare: NUJ Kicks Against Owing Journalists Months Salaries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2021
Chairman of NUJ in Ekiti state Rotimi Ojomoyela, made this known in Ado-Ekiti, lamenting that many journalists in both radio and newspapers are currently being owed between five months and one year salary or more. According to him, owing journalists unpaid salaries without any immediate plans to pay up, ordinarily exposes members to a series of temptations.
Ojomoyela  while commenting on the issue of fake news, said the National secretariat of the union is looking into the issue, in partnership with the 36 States Council to arrest the situation by dealing decisively with unqualified persons who gate-crash into the system.
He, however, appealed with politicians to avoid rushing to the media to dish out misleading information about their opponents, saying no journalist would also rush into publishing such damaging information without first verifying its genuineness.

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Improving Operational Skills: Army To Train Officers On Military Operations Other Than War - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 29, 2019
The81 Division, Nigerian Army, has said that it would organise a 5-day OperationalPlanning Cadre, training for officers within Lagos and Ogun states.
Accordingto the spokesperson, Luitenant-Colonel Olaolu Daudue, the training is designedto improve the operational planning skills of commanders and staff officers inboth Joint and Single Service operations.
Otherobjectives of the cadre are to revise and update participants in operationalplanning procedures as well as promote robust partnership among securityagencies.


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Ina Maraba Da Tinubu Da Shettima Duk Da Kasancewa Ta Kirista - Lalong - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 10, 2022
Da ya ke zantawa da manema labarai a fadar shugaban kasa da ke Abuja, Simon Lalong ya ce an haife shi kuma ya tashi a matsayin dan darikar Katolika, yayin da ya ke rike da kyauta mafi girma daga ofishin Fafaroma, saboda haka Fafaroma bai shaida ma shi cewa haramun ne jagorancin yakin neman zaben ‘yan takara Musulmi ba.
Gwamna Lalong, ya ce bayan nadin da aka yi ma shi a matsayin jagoran yakin neman zaben, daga cikin wadanda su ka tarbe shi a tashar jiragen sama ta Yakubu Gowon da ke Jos har da wakilan kungiyar Kiristocin Nijeriya.
Lalong ya kuma bayyana shakku game da wadanda ke ikrarin zama Kiristoci da ke adawa da nadin da aka yi masa, yayin da ya yi watsi da wasu shugabannin addinin da ke bukatar ya yi watsi da mukamin saboda abin da su ka kira kin ba Kirista damar samun kujerar wanda zai mara wa Tinubu baya.


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Inauguration: Boss Mustapha Takes Oath Of Office - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 21, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday administeredan oath of office on the Secretary to Government of the Federation, BossMustapha, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The oath taking by Mustapha followed his re-appointmentby the president.
Mustapha took over from the former Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who was relieved of his positionfollowing alleged contract scam linked to grass cutting in the Northeast.
Buhari, had on July 5, approved there-appointment of Boss Mustapha as Secretary to Government of the Federation,and Abba Kyari as Chief of Staff to the President.
A statement by the president’s Senior SpecialAssistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said both appointments tookeffect from May 29.
According to him, the re-appointment of the twoprincipal officers of the administration followed the inauguration of PresidentBuhari for the second term in office.


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Inauguration: Buhari, Ministers, Others Hold Special Prayers At National Mosque - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 24, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on Friday joined hundreds of Muslim faithful on Friday at theNational Mosque, Abuja, where special prayers were held for a smooth andsuccessful second term tenure for the president.
Thetwo-raka’at prayer was led by the Murshid (General Oversea) of the Mosque, ShehuGaladanchi.
Galadanchilater offered special prayers for the guidance, protection and prosperity ofthe country and that of the president as he takes the oath of office on May 29for his second term.
TheJuma’at prayer session was attended by Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of KadunaState, cabinet Ministers, service chiefs, Inspector-General of Police, MohammedAdamu and members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Otherswho attended the prayer session included religious leaders, some traditionalrulers from across the country, private and government functionaries as well asmembers of the Islamic Shi’ite sect.


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Inauguration: Buhari Sworn In For Second Term - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 29, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in thecountry’s capital city Abuja for a second term.
Buhari won a disputed presidential election inFebruary, defeating his former ally and the candidate of the People’sDemocratic Party Atiku Abubakar.
At the states, 29 new governors are sworn in theirrespective state capitals. However, there will be no inauguration ceremonies inseven states of the federation because the tenures of their governors are yetto elapse.
The states are Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi,Ondo and Osun.
The swearing-in of Buhari and Vice President YemiOsinbajo was conducted by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, JusticeTanko Mohammed at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the same venue they were sworn in onMay 29, 2015.jy4�l��


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Inauguration: FG Says Buhari’s 2nd Term Will Be Low-Key - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 13, 2019
The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration for a second term on May 29 will be low-key and that a number of events slated for the inauguration will be held on June 12.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the announcement when he spoke to State House correspondents on the activities slated to mark the May 29 inauguration.
Buhari had in June last year, directed that from this year, Nigeria’s Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years, be shifted to June 12, to honour Nigeria’s Chief Moshood Abiola.
Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election but the results were annulled by former military ruler Gen.  Ibrahim Babangida on June 23, 1993.
The minister said the decision to have a low-key inauguration for the president was taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on May 8.
He said, however, that invitations had been sent to world leaders to attend the ceremonies, marking the observance of Democracy Day on June 12.According to him, the country can ill-afford two major celebrations within a two-week interval.


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Inauguration: Governors Seek Citizens Support For Socio-Economic Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2019
Inauguration: Governors Seek Citizens Support For Socio-Economic Development
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advised the residents to brace up for harder times ahead, just as he charged them to imbibe the spirit of living in unity for the benefit of the state.
El-Rufai in his inaugural address said the challenges confronting the state are numerous and hard. He urged the citizens to put politics aside and work together as one.
In Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara promised to prioritise security, education and job creation adding that his government plans the replacement of ‘political thuggery’ with job creation under the Entrepreneurship Development Skills.
Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state pledged that his administration would revamp the state’s economy.
Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state said his administration would focus on security, empowerment and restructuring, while revamping the civil service.


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Inauguration: IPMAN Urges FG To Encourage Local Refineries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2019
The Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association of Nigeria, IPMAN has called on the Federal Government to encourage local refiners, to boost local refining of crude oil in the country.
The Association’s National President Chinedu Okoronkwo who made the appeal in Lagos, said the it became imperative for President Buhari to encourage the local refining of petroleum products as he embarks on the second phase of his administration.
He said that only domestic refining would end ongoing challenges in the nation’s oil and gas sector.
According to Okoronkwo, the President should focus on how to upgrade the refineries and also encourage local refineries that are already licensed.
The IPMAN President urged government to reduce the rate of importation of products and also encourage local refiners to boost local production.


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Inauguration: NLC Kicks, As Tinubu Phases Out Fuel Subsidy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2023
A source said the Organised Labour had advised the government to look at the gas deposit in Nigeria, which research shows would last for about five hundred years.
It added that the Congress had always argued that subsidy removed in an import-driven economy like Nigeria, noting that putting the refineries to work and all this matter would be solved.
It was gathered that NLC is in consultation with sister Labour Centres, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and the civil society allies and engage the Government.
It will be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his inaugural address Monday, at the Eagle Square in Abuja  as the 16 Nigeria leader, said there is no reason to continue with the current fuel subsidy.


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Incessant Attacks: Bandits Kill 3, Kidnap 13, Set Tents Ablaze In Katsina - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 12, 2022
Chairman of the Magama Gold dealers, while confirming the incident said the bandits numbering 60 came in the night around 10pm and sets their tents ablaze, killed three persons, injuring 10 and abducted 13 people from the settlement.
Another dealer Sani Muhammad also explained that out of the three persons killed by the bandits, two are from Jibiya, while the third person could not be identified as no means of identification was found on him.
In a similar incident, some bandits have killed three youths in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
It was gathered that the youths were going to Tyaana village in Riyom when the bandits attacked and killed three persons on the spot while many others sustained injuries. A youth leader in the area and the National President of the Berom Youth Moulders, Solomon Mwantiri confirmed the killings, which he said occurred on Monday night.

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